Garment-clasp.



No. 696,626. Patented Apr. 5, |9 U2.-

J. COHEN.

GARMENT CLASP. g umionmea Jan. 14, 1902.

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UNITED STnTEe PATENT UFFIQEE JOSEPH COHEN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR TO THE CITY BUT- TON WORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

GARMENT CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 696,626, dated April 1,1902.

Application filed January 14,1902. Serial No, 89,762. (No model.)

To (0Z6 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH COHEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Iu1- provements inGarment-Clasps; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingarment-clasps, and has for its object to provide a device of thisdescription which shall be simple and economical; and with these ends inview my invention consists in certain details of construction such aswill be hereinafter fully set forth and then specifically be designatedby the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figures 1 and 2 are detail plan views of the two elements of my improvedclasp; Fig. 3, a section at the line [C a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, across-section of the parts of my improvements in clasped condition withthe fabric of the garment between them, and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveshowing my improved clasp elements in position preparatory toengagement.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

My improvement utilizes a metallic button and a ring or frame whichcarries a rubber disk or block, the latter being cross-cut at thecenter, so as to provide a plurality of resilient lips, and the fabricof the garment is placed over the button and the disk forced down uponthe same until the button extends beyond the disk, while the resilientlips of the latter hug the fabric closely and confine it against theshank of the button, and it will thus be seen that the fabric is heldbetween a metallic surface and. a rubber surface, so that there can beno danger of slipping or tearing.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a ring or frame, preferably made ofsheet metal and having an extension 2, provided with a slot a is a diskor block of rubber, which is secured within this ring in any suitableinannor, in the present instance by crimping or spinning the side edgesof the ring against the lower portion of the disk near its periphery, asindicated at 5 in Figs. 3 and 4.

6 7 indicate cross-cuts which are made through the disk at the centralportion, so as to provide a plurality of resilient lips 8.

The rubber disk or block is preferably thicker near the periphery andtapers gradually toward the center.

9 is a button secured to an improved form of base -plate 10, whichlatter is provided with slots 11.

The elements of my improved clasp are secured in the usual manner to theordinary supporting-webbings 12 13, the webbing 12 being passed throughthe slot 3 in the extension 2, while the webbing 13 is passed throughthe slots 11 in the base-plate 10, as is customary in most forms ofgarment-clasps. I

In utilizing my improvement the fabric 14 is placed over the button, andthe latter is then forced upward through the disk, so that when thegarment is clasped the resilient lips will be slightly curled upward, soas to embrace the fabric and hold it firmly against the shank of thebutton, as shown at Fig. 4:.

Of course it is not necessary that a round disk of rubber. should beemployed or that the holder for this rubber should be ringshaped, sinceit will be clear that the peripheral' contour of the rubber disk orblock and the shape of the element which holds it are immaterial, andtherefore I do not wish to be limited in this respect. 8 5

the open-faced metal holder having a slotted attached to suitablewebbing through their extension, the rubber disk secured at itsperiphery within the face of said holder, said disk being thickest atits periphery and gradually tapering toward the center and crossout atits center whereby resilient lips are afforded, and a slotted basehaving a button rising therefrom, said holder and base being respectiveslots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH COHEN. Witnesses:

JAMES B. GARoLIN, F. W. SMITH, Jr.

